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Barclays PLC

28 April 2026

FORM 8.3
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR
MORE
Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1.				KEY INFORMATION
(a)	Full name of discloser:				Barclays PLC.
(b)	Owner or controller of interest and short
	positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
(c)	Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose				IQE PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(d)	If an exempt fund manager connected with an
	offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of
	offeror/offeree:
(e)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:				27 Apr 2026
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making				NO
	disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
2.				POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a)	Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree
	to which the disclosure relates following the dealing(if any)
Class of relevant security:				1p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			1,264,125	0.13%	17,705,437	1.81%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				17,705,437	1.81%	1,264,124	0.13%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			18,969,562	1.94%	18,969,561	1.94%
(b)	Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive
	options)
Class of relevant security in relation to
which subscription right exists
Details, including nature of the rights
concerned and relevant percentages:
3.				DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Number of		Price per unit
security				securities
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,824,671		0.5300 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		1,162,283		0.4940 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		353,379		0.5059 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		232,941		0.5138 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		80,000		0.5284 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		78,574		0.5209 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		75,079		0.5228 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		74,194		0.4972 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		66,460		0.5299 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		20,000		0.4855 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		20,000		0.5050 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		17,554		0.5202 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		13,442		0.5103 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		12,306		0.4962 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		10,000		0.5330 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		9,678		0.5725 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		7,949		0.4951 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		6,666		0.4820 GBP
1p ordinary		Purchase		944		0.5007 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		3,337,763		0.4940 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,000,142		0.5167 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1,022,067		0.5258 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		781,373		0.5206 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		285,766		0.5147 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		281,663		0.5328 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		207,655		0.5189 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		109,942		0.5101 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		101,423		0.5259 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		60,000		0.4988 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		46,033		0.5285 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		42,857		0.5421 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		37,022		0.5178 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		29,362		0.4935 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		28,187		0.4850 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		21,676		0.4945 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		20,000		0.5500 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		16,666		0.5030 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		15,124		0.5044 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		11,508		0.5487 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		11,000		0.5252 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,722		0.5180 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		7,411		0.5637 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		2,563		0.5207 GBP
1p ordinary		Sale		1		0.5050 GBP

(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		28,187	0.4850 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		56,950	0.4925 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		29,362	0.4935 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,051,136	0.4940 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,798	0.4981 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		22,511	0.5017 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1	0.5050 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		12,399	0.5067 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		39,200	0.5126 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,823,070	0.5165 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		207,655	0.5189 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		154,561	0.5204 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,022,067	0.5258 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		48,020	0.5285 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		281,663	0.5328 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		56,434	0.4940 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		7,949	0.4951 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		74,194	0.4972 GBP
1p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		121,100	0.5256 GBP
1p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		90,653	0.5173 GBP

(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class	Product	Writing,	Number	Exercise	Type	Expiry	Option
of	description	purchasing,	of	price		date	money
relevant		selling,	securities	per unit			paid/
security		varying etc	to which				received
			option				per unit
			relates


(ii)	Exercise
Class of relevant		Product description		Exercising/ exercised against		Number of	Exercise price per
security						securities	unit


(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant		Nature of Dealings		Details		Price per unit (if
security						applicable)

4.				OTHER INFORMATION
(a)	Indemnity and other dealings arrangements
Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding,
formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal
or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party
to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:
NONE
(b)	Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between
the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to:
(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or
(ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which
any derivative is referenced:
NONE
(c)	Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?				NO
Date of disclosure:				28 Apr 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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